Death roll: 'high speed' crash claims life

"At this stage we believe it may have rolled up to about eight times" ... Sergeant Andrew Heath.

ABC TV

Northern Territory Police say it appears a car which rolled on the Cox Peninsula Road yesterday afternoon, killing the 39-year-old driver and injuring three others, was travelling at high speed.

The deceased man was one of five people in the car from the Aboriginal community of Belyuen.

Two men were taken to hospital with suspected spinal injuries.

Another passenger was taken to hospital for observation, while a fifth man escaped injury.

Senior Sergeant Andrew Heath says the car took about 250 metres to come to a halt.

"It appears that one or possibly two tyres have blown on the road when the vehicle was travelling at speed, where it's gone to the other side of the road and hit a culvert and then commenced to roll," he said.

"At this stage we believe it may have rolled up to about eight times."